ever bothered to check out the forums at the new york times? a while back, i wrote this short piece on language and briefly mentioned my penchant for safire columns…so yeah, today i finally posted my very first item at the nyt forums in safire’s own op-ed section…and i used my real name! why my real name instead of some dumb ass fake one? i dunno, why not?…just wanted to share the magic with all of you, even if writing quickly to forums makes me feel like abusing multi-syllabic terms…

davidcarpe - 10:57 PM ET August 26, 2004 (#7468 of 7468)
is rumor about “1 page vsn of entire NYT for bathrooms” true?

mah’ confession: i began buying the times as a noetic ploy, a soi-disant intellectual’s grift to attract single women at coffee shops… slow-mo-ing the eventual purchase transaction to maximize total ‘dave-holding-nyt’ color frames…figuring that if i’ve got the times on a sunday then: a) i can read (bonus), b) i’ve got 5 bucks for a paper and 4 more for a latte (veblen effect) and c) i can read (did i say that? mainly just use the boston globe to keep the bbq hot)…but your column, it’s the only reason i even buy the times anymore…now i carry a book at harbucks (these things are hot! seen ‘em? they come on tape too)…so my point, my point, i’m basically paying 5 bucks to read your very own column in print each sunday…i usually skip all world news (who even has the time? and what world?), toss sports (i’m not a team player), junk the whole style thing (basically just me and my dog, and looks don’t count, just smells) - and everything else pretty much goes except for the business section…not even sure if what i’m tossing is any good or if nyt strategic planning group says, “just make it wicked thick or they (the laity) might get mad about the 5 bucks” …oh, and if you’re ever inspired, could you perhaps write about the words used to describe religions (adjectives - e.g. christian, jewish) and then perhaps compare to the trademark/copyright of such a descriptive term (namely ’scientologist’) - fascinating stuff…yeah, go on with your bad self. i’m gonna go blog, all hopped up on bad word choice.

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